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The other day I was at a battle re-enactment (Wars of the Roses) not far north of London. In the middle of a grassy fied. One woman was wearing stiletto heel (about 4") ankle boots. Not ideal for the conditions. At least it was dry and the ground fairly firm but she was still sinking in. At least she was a visitor, not one of the re-enactors.

Many of the people at the event were in medieval style clothes, including guys in thigh high boots, some very nicely made and fitted. Not high heeled though.

On 2/24/2018 at 2:00 PM, gibby said:

I play  drums at my house.   And yes  occasionally I will wear sandals with about a 4 inch heel no platform because i want to be able to feel the pedal on the bass drum and hi-hats.    Builds up your calves and ankles and also changes how the attack of the feet to the pedals and really does improve your control,  and time signatures on the drums.   (I play jazz and old rock and roll)    A lot of control to keep my feet and the heels from sliding off the pedals.   ( I play heel down on the pedals  and if I do toe down! in heels I get a  lot more power  on the bass pedal and a louder  thump!    Sheila E from Princes band always wore heels standing or sitting playing percussion,   And she can work those legs and high heels and not lose a beat exceptional Drummer check out You Tube videos on her style of percussion.   And the gorgeous   heels she wears.        Nice Question.

Another drummer who wears heels:

There's some confusion in this thread between patents and trademarks. Intellectual property is a complex field with much scope for interpretation. Here's a reasonable introdcution: https://yourstory.com/2016/06/difference-trademark-copyright-patent/

A red sole cannot be patented. It might be possible to make it a trademark but courts have disagreed.

They give a UK address which is just a brass plate. It's an address where lots of companies have their registered office, possibly an accountant's practice. It's harder to tell where they are really based. Probably China.

You also need to be a little wary of size conversions. EU43 is meant to be UK9. Deosn't matter whether men's or women's. I've seen plenty of women's EU42 called UK9. I've tried so-called UK9 at Aldo and reckoned they've been about EU41. That may or may not reflect Aldo shoes in general.

Conversion to US sizes is more complicated as men's and women's sizes are different. I think of UK9 as US men's 10 to 10.5 and US women's 11 to 11.5.

Ultimately it either fits well or it doesn't, regardless of what size it says on the shoe. I realise this isn't entirely helpful for online shopping

For actual shops you can visit in person the choice is limited. Magnus and Elephant Feet in Chiltern St, London: https://www.prettybigshoes.com/blog/post/womens-shoes-in-large-sizes-in-central-london

Long Tall Sally in St Albans and possibly elsewhere.

Possibly Evans if they're still in business.

For more extreme styles Alternative Footwear have a big selection online: https://www.alternative-footwear.co.uk/

I assume you've googled the problem before raising it here. What make and model is the phone?

In central London you're likely to see lots of people out in fancy dress around halloween.

Thanks for the correction. @Alphax, glad you got your money back from the card company.

Does anyone know if Ilias Little Shoe Box still trading?

In the phone settings on my phone (an old Samsung S3) there are 2 different ways for it to connect to a PC. From memory (fallible) one is as a storage device, the other is as a media device. Ihave it connected as storage. It's fairly slow, takes a few seconds to recognise that the phone has been connected and occasionally needs a 2nd attempt.

1 hour ago, Tacchi Alti said:

I can't upload it direct as I'm on a computer, the photo is on my phone, and I've never found a simple way of transferring files as the SD card is not recognised as a drive when I attach the phone to the computer! I have to take out the phone and insert it in the card slot on my computer, and this computer has no working card slot...

Idea:  Email the photo to yourself from the phone.

I transfer photos from my Samsung phone to my PC witha USB cable. The PC recognises the phone as a storage device. Have to go down the file system to DCIM\Camera to find the photos.

As well as giving them a suitable platform on which to perform.......

I'm not vertically challenged (just under 5'11") but some of the shelves are high.

1 hour ago, Shyheels said:

I play the iPod.

Footwear does not seem to affect the quality of the performance. 

That's the modern version of "I play the gramophone" :-)

Heels can actually help here, by making it easier to reach a record down from a high shelf, somethng that doesn't trouble ipod users.

I started a similar thread about 18 months ago:

Fernando Berlin also look like a genuinely european maker: http://www.fernandoberlinboots.com/en/

The conclusion is that if you're prepapred to spend the money, there are some very nice looking boots made in europe. The Polish maker I mentioned 2 posts ago is definitely not expensive, perhaps a quarter of the price of Jean Gaborit.

Arollo appear to be German and their boots certainly look nice: https://www.overknee-stiefel.net/Boots/

These appear to be made in Poland: http://www.fashion-style.com.pl/en/38-women-s-shoes/48-high-boots/51-leather/boots-leather-13cm-heel-solution-36-47-info

I say "appear to be" because unless there is an explicit and credible claim then it's always possible that the actual manufacture is subcontracted to China.

I forget the name of a UK based supplier who have taken customers' money and not supplied the goods or refunded. There was at least one US based member of HHP who was very much on the warpath about them.  It might have been http://iliaslittleshoebox.co.uk   This is possibly a successor to the famous "Little Shoe Box" which used to be on the Holloway Road in North London. In any case the company has been dissolved: https://www.duedil.com/company/gb/07969910/ilias-little-shoe-box-ltd though this doesn't prevent the former director continuing in business as a sole trader (the pun is inevitable).

AFAIK, Italian Heels are made in.............Italy!

Skyscrapers are based in the UK. One can only hope they manufacture there too.

I have a pair of these or something very like them from Italian Heels. Bought secondhand a few years ago and worn occasionally. Nice quality plain black leather with 5" heel in UK9. Gorgeous gold leather lining. The shafts are rather wide on my slim legs.

http://www.italianheels.com/cgi-bin/showbig2.pl?categoria=boots&lang=en&item=4179&g=y

i don't know if Italian Heels are still recommendable. i've never ordered directly from them myself.

Congratulations on the 1000. If you joined in 2002 that must make you one of the earliest members.

I've been here since 2006 and have a few hundred posts.

I noticed the bold "if" only just in time.

If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans.....

9 hours ago, Heelster said:

That's what I saw too. I'm still on the sidelines with the Crypto Currency, but the blockchain as a transactional function does have me pondering the possibilities.

Some soon to be graduates in Computer Science do not seem to think the security implied is there yet, and as one student mentioned, "nothing is hack proof" but the concept does merit further research.

PS - - Nvidia is making a killing in the graphics card business. So many people are trying to mine the crypto currencies, it's putting a huge strain on the graphics card supply. The prices for cards are going to insane levels. Maybe the best bet is to invest in Invidia for awhile as I doubt they will be losing money for some time to come.

In a goldrush, it's best to be the guy selling shovels:)

Another worry is that there's some evidence that mining of Bitcoin is now concentrated in the hands of a very few people or organisations. This gives them the potential to control the "currency" in a way that's a lot less accountable than fiat currencies are controlled by govenments.

Link to the Woman's Hour item. May not be available outside the UK:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09nrs76#play

I heard a trail today for Woman's Hour tomorrow (Tuesday) for an item about women with bigger feet. BBC Radio4, 10am.